Jon Hewlett
@jonhewlett.bsky.social
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Maker, modeller, amateur MG restorer, part of the Weatherbury Magna team.
Unreconstructed nerd
And lover of loud music that I’m apparently too old to like
Maker, modeller, amateur MG restorer, part of the Weatherbury Magna team.
Unreconstructed nerd
And lover of loud music that I’m apparently too old to like
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BBC board member Sir Robbie Gibb’s position is 'untenable', John Swinney has said amid bias accusations at the broadcaster
Tory BBC board member's position 'untenable' amid bias row, John Swinney says
www.thenational.scot
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
BBC board member Sir Robbie Gibb’s position is 'untenable', John Swinney has said amid bias accusations at the broadcaster
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
Seconded
As a TV licence payer I would like to give the BBC my permission to say fuck off to Trump.
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Seconded
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They’d obviously never been to Cornwall 👀
Wonderful BBC archive clip about black magic in Norfolk in 1964 - soot-blackened sheep’s hearts, weird effigies, and isolated fenland villages.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
They’d obviously never been to Cornwall 👀
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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Good on Ed Davey – speaking up for and defending Britain’s institutions in the face of nefarious actors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Good on Ed Davey – speaking up for and defending Britain’s institutions in the face of nefarious actors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey again: “Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
“We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.”
“We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey again: “Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
“We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.”
“We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.”
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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Left: Boris Johnson attacking the BBC over Panorama's coverage of Trump on Jan 6th
Right: Boris Johnson criticising Trump over Jan 6th
A former British PM attacking the BBC, is that really patriotism?
Right: Boris Johnson criticising Trump over Jan 6th
A former British PM attacking the BBC, is that really patriotism?
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Left: Boris Johnson attacking the BBC over Panorama's coverage of Trump on Jan 6th
Right: Boris Johnson criticising Trump over Jan 6th
A former British PM attacking the BBC, is that really patriotism?
Right: Boris Johnson criticising Trump over Jan 6th
A former British PM attacking the BBC, is that really patriotism?
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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‘The BBC don’t realise that these people want their destruction.’
Why are right-wing media outlets so 'exercised' by the editing of a Panorama documentary? James O’Brien has an idea.
Why are right-wing media outlets so 'exercised' by the editing of a Panorama documentary? James O’Brien has an idea.
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
‘The BBC don’t realise that these people want their destruction.’
Why are right-wing media outlets so 'exercised' by the editing of a Panorama documentary? James O’Brien has an idea.
Why are right-wing media outlets so 'exercised' by the editing of a Panorama documentary? James O’Brien has an idea.
👏👏👏👏😂😂😂
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
👏👏👏👏😂😂😂
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Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
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'mean-spirited'
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'mean-spirited'
Read the whole thread
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Read the whole thread
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Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...